So Much Pingle

Hello everyone and welcome to  Episode Fifty Three!   Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.  I wish you safe travels if you are journeying for the upcoming Christmas holiday season. Patrons!   I want to give a shout-out to new Patreon member Ben Stegenga!   Thank you Ben, much appreciated!  And thanks as always to all of the folks who help...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Two!   Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.  Safe travels if you are journeying for the Thanksgiving holiday this week. Patrons!   I want to give a shout-out to new Patreon member Alicia Ballard !  Thank you Alicia, much appreciated!  And thanks as always to all of the folks who help keep the sho...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty One!  Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s good to be back, I’ve been a bit busy over the past few weeks, first there was my usual fall visit to Snake Road, which for me at this point is a chance to see old friends and make some new ones. After that I headed down to Florida to do a little he...

Hello everyone, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and welcome to Episode Fifty!   Yay!  It feels good to make it to half-a-hundred shows.  It’s a nice milestone to reach!.  And this episode features another installment of Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn , and I’m very excited about that and I hope you are too. Patrons!   I want to give a shout-out to Peter Berg for his one-...

Hello everyone and welcome to  Episode Forty Nine!   Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. Here we go with another midweek episode because once again I will be out and about this weekend. A lot of folks say that May is THE month for finding amphibians and reptiles, here in the Northern Hemisphere. But I have to say that I am nearly as busy...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Eight!   I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.  We’re edging towards fall here and that means that a trip to southern Illinois is looming – time for another visit to Snake Road, to visit with friends and walk the road and maybe see a serpent or twenty.  I’m looking forward to it as I always do. SMP Patrons!   I want to thank...

Hello everyone and welcome to  Episode Forty Seven !  I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.  I’m back in SMP World Headquarters after a brief hiatus (AKA herping) in Mexico of all places.  I went down to Baja California with a group of folks and we dipped all the way down to the northern portions of Baja Sur, and I can now claim to have traveled every inch of Mexico’s highway one...

Matt and Joe Hello everyone and welcome to  Episode Forty Six !  I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s the dog days of summer here at So Much Pingle world headquarters and the afternoons are plenty hot and humid. The flower garden still looks pretty good, but the tomato plants are scraggly and tired. But in my general area it’s also the time of year when female copperheads and rat...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Five !  I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.  I myself have been a little bit under the weather and the show is about a week behind schedule, so thanks for your patience with regard to new episodes. SMP Patrons!   I want to thank our latest Patreon member, Myles Masterson !   Thank you so much for supporting the show, Myles!  And thanks as a...

Hello again, everyone, and welcome to Episode Forty Four!   I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there!  It’s hot, humid, and full-bore summer here at the SMP world headquarters, so I took a little time off yesterday for some creek walking and queen-snaking.  The cold water felt great and there were plenty of Nerodia sipedon and Regina septemvittata to observe.  I like the fact that wh...

Hello again, everyone, and welcome to Episode Forty Three!  I hope you all remain safe and healthy as we move through July and into the peak of summer (sort of, it’s been very rainy and mild where I live for the past few weeks). Patrons!   Thanks as always to all of the folks who help keep the show going. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting i...

Illustrations from the Varanus and Spadefoot papers. Click image for full size Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Two!   It’s good to be back after a bit of a vacation, I was off in Mexico for a few weeks, chasing some herps in various locations.  But as always, I am not idle while on the road, and I captured some recordings for future episodes because that’s how this show rol...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty One!   It is the Memorial Day weekend here in the United States, and this weekend also marks the one year anniversary for the So Much Pingle podcast!  And that makes this episode the last of Season One!  Who knows where Season Two will take us?  It’s a mystery to me too. Patrons!   I want to take the time to thank all of the folks who help to suppo...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty!   I hope you all remain safe and healthy here in this fine month of May, the busiest of months for those of us in North America who enjoy getting out and seeing amphibians and reptiles. I just got back from a trip out west where John, Tim and I drove all over Nevada, California, Arizona and Utah, and we saw a bunch of cool herps, including a dozen or so...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Nine!  And I hope you all remain safe and healthy as we move towards May, a busy time for herps and herp lovers in many places across the planet. PATREONERS!   Here’s a shout-out to new supporters Martin Habecker and Daniel Dye !  Thank you so much for supporting the show, and thanks as always to all of the folks who help keep the show going. To others...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Eight of the SMP show!  I hope you all remain safe and healthy, and it’s great to be back after a few weeks off.  I was not idle during that time, I was out in the field for 21 days, and I recorded material for several shows during that time, including this one. PATREONERS!   Here’s a shout-out to new supporters Jeremy Schumacher , Neill Jones , a...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Seven!   I hope you all remain safe and healthy and hopefully many of you are getting your vaccine doses.  Spring is here where I live and I managed to get the intros and outros recorded for this episode despite a trio of chainsaws working on a tree in the neighbor’s yard.  Tricky timing but done. PATREONERS!   Here’s a shout-out to new supporter...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Six !  I hope everyone remains happy and healthy as we move into spring here in the northern hemisphere. It is a wild and wooly day out today here in central Illinois, with high winds and freezing rain, but spring will not be denied. PATREONERS!   Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  Jeremiah Easter and Ric...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Five!  Apologies for the delay, thanks for your patience, and much warmth and good wishes to everyone. PATREONERS!   Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  William Bone!  Thank you William!   And thanks so much to all of my Patreoners for supporting the show! I really appreciate it. To others in the listening...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Four !  Here’s a shout-out to all of the people in Texas, I hope today finds you recovering from the terrible weather last week.  Much warmth and good wishes to everyone. PATREONERS!   Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  Bill Peterman, Cynthia Samake, and Paul-Erik Bakland !. Thank you Bill and Cynth...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Three !  The polar vortex continues here in east-central Illinois, the mercury is pooled at the bottom of the thermometer, so put on a sweatshirt, make yourself a cuppa, and pull up a piping hot episode about frogs!  Our guest this week is Jodi Rowley , a conservation biologist with the Australian Museum in Sydney.  Jodi has been involved with frog fiel...

Hello everyone, and welcome to Episode Thirty Two!  Holy cow it’s cold here (thank you polar vortex!) and I’m just gonna stay inside today.  I’ve got my coffee, I’m thinking of warm places and I’m whispering encouraging words to the furnace, so it’s all good. Before we get into this week’s episode, I hope you enjoyed Episode 31, the Jargon Episode, and if...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty One, recorded on New Year’s Day!  And I hope you all remain happy and healthy and that 2021 will be a good year for all of you. PATREONERS!  Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  Anastasia Ware , and Tim Warfel !. Thank you Anastasia and Tim, and thanks so much to all of my Patreoners for supporting th...

Hello again everyone, and welcome to Episode Thirty!   Today’s episode was recorded just before Christmas.  And I hope you are all doing well – keeping your heads down and remaining healthy. PATREONERS!  Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  Michael Cravens !. Thanks Mike, and thank you all so much for supporting the show! I really apprecia...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Twenty Nine!  I hope you all remain safe and healthy as we make our way into 2021.  I took a few weeks off over the holidays to rest and recharge, but I also recorded some interviews, including this episode. PATREONERS!  Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  Josh Emms, Matt Cage, Patrick Connally, Chris McMar...